Nonionoidea

Nonionoidea
Temporal range: U Cret (Conia) - Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Rotaliida
Superfamily: Nonionoidea
Schultze, 1854
Families[1]
  • Almaenidae Myatlyuk, 1959
  • Astrononionidae Cushman & Edwards, 1937
  • Melonidae Holzmann & Pawlowski, 2017
  • Miscellaneidae Sigal in Piveteau, 1952 emend. Hottinger, 2009 †
  • Nonionidae Schultze, 1854
  • Pulleniidae Schwager, 1877
  • Spirotectinidae Saidova, 1981

Nonionoidea or Nonionacea is a superfamily of protists within the foraminiferal order Rotaliida that unites the families Nonionidae, Spirotectintidae, and Almaenidae; characterized by tests commonly of perforate hyaline oblique calcite, usually appearing optically granular.

References

  1. ↑ Hayward BW, Cedhagen T, Kaminski M, Gross O, eds. (2025). "Nonionoidea Schultze, 1854". World Modern Foraminifera Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  • Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and HelenTappan,1988. Forminiferal Genera and their Classification.


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